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12/04/2017

William Binney on The Monitor tonight. Last show before I go on hiatus for a few months. Tune in at 7pm.

This week’s edition of The Monitor will be the last until at least the summer of 2018. After more than 14 years on the air and hundreds of interviews, I am forced to take a break from the sho…

10/16/2017

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10/02/2017

On The Monitor this week:

Last week Roy Moore won Senate runoff election to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Moore is no stranger to controversy (among other things, he has said that homosexuality should be illegal, Muslims to not be allowed in Congress, and 9/11 was God’s punishment for Americans’ sins). We talk with Frederick Clarkson about the significance of Moore's victory.
The Spanish government violently responded to an independence referendum in Catalonia. Hundreds were injured or unable to vote. The result, despite (or because of the low turnout) was about 90 percent in favor of independence. Sebastiaan Faber explains how and why this happened.

On The Monitor this week: Last week Roy Moore won Senate runoff election to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Moore is no stranger to controversy (among other things, he has said that homosex…

09/25/2017

On The Monitor this week: Victor Wallis on Harvard rescinding Chelsea Manning’s visiting fellowship after CIA director cancels event calling Manning a “traitor” Jon Schwarz on Nor…

09/11/2017

This week’s show features three interviews that were originally aired in September 2011. The first interview is with Andrea LeBlanc and Paul Arpaia (who at the time had just returned from Afg…

09/04/2017

On TheMonitor tonight:
Houston, flooding, weather, climate, and more.

This week’s show takes a closer look at Houston’s weather and flooding with two guests. Why were different parts of the city so differently impacted by Harvey and prior weather events? …

08/14/2017

On The Monitor this week:

Understanding Brexit, Trump, and Austerity – Mark Blyth

Interfering in Venezuela while accusing Russia of interfering here – Dan Kovalik

On The Monitor this week: Understanding Brexit, Trump, and Austerity – Mark Blyth Interfering in Venezuela while accusing Russia of interfering here – Dan Kovalik More about this week& #…

08/07/2017

On The Monitor this week: Mark Weisbrot on the sanctions against Venezuela Daniel McAdams on the sanctions against Russia More about this week’s guests: Mark Weisbrot is Co-Director of the Ce…

08/01/2017

On The Monitor this week: Venezuela in detail and in context. This week’s guests discuss events in Venezuela. First up is Abby Martin taking a close look at recent events in Venezuela. She is…

07/27/2017

On August 12th John Kiriakou will be in Houston to share his story in person. Event details will be available in the next couple of days and will be shared here. Plan on attending if you’re a…

07/24/2017

On The Monitor this week: Christopher Wray is President Trump’s nominee for FBI Director. He was unanimously approved for a full Senate confirmation hearing before the August recess. We look …

07/17/2017

On The Monitor this week: Kate Gould on the House Vote to Block U.S. Participation in Saudi War in Yemen Alex Doukas on G20 leaders shaming Trump while continuing fossil fuel subsidies More about t…

07/10/2017

On The Monitor this week: Mike Dieterich on Climate Change and the looming Southeast Asia refugee crisis Ira Helfand on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons More about this week’s…

07/03/2017

On The Monitor this week: Howard Zinn’s 2009 speech at The Progressive Magazine’s 100th anniversary Part of a talk by Noam Chomsky from 1990 describing propaganda terms in the media and…

06/19/2017

06/12/2017

On The Monitor this week: Mike Dieterich on the lost economic opportunities caused by the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Joe Lauria on Hillary Clinton’s election loss, through h…

06/06/2017

On The Monitor this week: What does the decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord mean from the environmental and legal perspectives? Our guests are Neil Tangri and Marjorie Cohn.…